- #1 舌尖上的神兽
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
"Beastly Feast"is a visual novel game. Modern Chen Qian transmigrates to a mythical world as a motley-feathered chicken chick. Players advance via decisions and exploration ,and finally become a Chaos Divine Beast, savoring the ultimate thrill of transcending realms through eating.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, FMV 17.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Third Person 9.6%
- #2 兽神
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
“Beast Lord”is a visual novel game. You’ll lead (half-beasts) against ogres, noble oppression, and other crises from an immersive perspective. Players make choices at key points, collect items, experience growth from personal survival to and uncover the world’s power struggles and survival rules.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, FMV 17.1% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Third Person 9.6%
- #3 Alpa
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YenyaPub: Seven Paths
Windows
Alpa is a narrative adventure game blending atmospheric exploration, emotional storytelling, and puzzle-solving across the journey of three intertwined souls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Third Person 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #4 舔狗三年
94% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
Cringer's Rise is a visual novel game.Players advance the story through exploration and choices, unlock achievements, and team up with the secret Pavilion Master of the Zhou Clan Army.Together you crush the imperial power of the Yan Kingdom, and experience the ultimate thrill of combat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, FMV 21.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Third Person 10.8%, RPG 6.7%
- #5 致命游戏-Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle
95% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle”is a suspense reasoning emotional work based on werewolf killing rules.A group of college students accidentally came to a mysterious villa. They wanted to play a game of werewolf killing.You have only five days left to refute the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Mystery 12.9%, RPG 6.2%
- #6 Force Purge
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
《Force Purge》is a visual novel investigation, and branching storytelling. Play as Wang Taqing, team up with psychic cop Lin Mengzhu. Investigate haunted cases, uncover the Sword Lenders’ conspiracy to open the ghost gate and fight the underworld invasion to decide the fate of the mortal world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, FMV 21.7% ★, Immersive Sim 12.5%, RPG 6.6%
- #7 Lord Return
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
《Lord Return》is an interactive fiction game about rebirth and revenge. Play as a twice‑betrayed Demon Lord’s soul bound to the Beauty Destiny System. Unmask impostors, stop world‑ending schemes, battle at Fallen Demon Cliff, protect your loved ones, and face the ultimate high‑dimensional trial.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, FMV 21.8% ★, Immersive Sim 12.5%, RPG 6.5%
- #8 Memory Ember
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echofall StudioPub: Sing Lan Ltd.
Windows · Mac
A cinematic interactive narrative game. Follow a memory investigator as he uncovers the hidden consequences of implanted experiences and confronts a question that could redefine humanity: what separates a life truly lived from a memory merely copied?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, FMV 22.8% ★, Visual Novel 18.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 11%
- #9 景安区奇案-Jing 'an District Copstories
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Jing' an District is a peaceful place, but sometimes some interesting cases will happen. The cases here are not all so bloody. But it also brings us a lot of reflection and insight. You will play a young policeman in Jing 'an District. Go through and solve these cases with your partner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%, Adventure 6.2%
- #10 House of Forgotten Souls
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ian EastinPub: Studio Nightwood
Windows
Explore a shifting mansion built from real handmade, scanned miniatures. As a mysterious black cat, solve puzzles, help strange inhabitants recover memories, and unlock hidden paths in this atmospheric, non-combat puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Third Person 11.4%, Adventure 9%
- #11 Lich King Bond
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
《Lich King Bond》 is a visual novel game.You play Lin Feng, who awakens a reversed system: the closer you stay to the S-Class Zombie Queen Hongye, the safer you are. Tame her with hot pot and pudding, turn her lair into a safe hotel, guard your clingy zombie queen, and dominate the wasteland!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, FMV 22% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, RPG 6.6%
- #12 Magic Pig
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
Magic Pig is a FMV. You act Fang Tianming survive in desperate situations. Every key choice you make changes the plot direction. Whether you guard your family and keep your original heart or be swallowed by power and fall into darkness depends on your choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, FMV 22.1% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, RPG 6.6%
- #13 蛇女村:祭品
88% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
"Snake Village:Sacrifice" is a suspense FMV. Players must explore and collect various items and lead to a multitude of distinct endings.You act Lin Xi, the daughter of the village chief. Complete a life-or-death sacrificial to break the curse of transforming your human form forever.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, FMV 21.3% ★, Visual Novel 18.8%, Third Person 10.6%, RPG 6.3%
- #14 MADE VR : Interactive Movie - 01. Run away!
89% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: JOONSPICTURES
Windows
One day, JURI gets kidnapped and wakes up in dark basement. Desperately seeking her way to escape, JURI runs into a random guy who is indeed another hostage. And someone is chasing them! Who kidnapped them and why? Would they be able to survive?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 19.7%, FMV 17.8% ★, Adventure 12.2%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #15 Mourningwood Lodge:Pray
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
"Mourningwood Lodge:Pray" is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the third installment in the "Mourningwood Lodge" series, players will delve into an entirely new story, assuming the role of a fresh character to embark on a suspenseful journey.
Why similar: FMV 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #16 无尽迷途:轮回之境
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 导弹猫工作室
Windows
Endless Lost: The Realm of Reincarnation "is a suspenseful puzzle game where players will be trapped in the endless cycle of suffering and strive to escape through various clues.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Third Person 7.9%
- #17 我死后的那些天-After Death
87% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a suspense game, you are sitting in front of the TV, the news is broadcast: last night a young girl was killed, the body was found in a deep alley. And the girl who was murdered -- you. You are involved in a serial murder, and you are reborn as a female journalist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #18 我是小保安
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
“Just a Gate Guy” is a visual novel game. Witness top global powerhouses clash with the toughest community property rules in Golden Home. Experience scenes of Uncle Wang . Make pivotal choices: enforce property rules strictly to issue fines or mediate neighborhood conflicts flexibly?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, FMV 14.6% ★, Adventure 13%, Third Person 11.2%
- #19 知更鸟-The Robin
84% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
“The Robin”tells the story of a school bully who kills a girl named "Robin." Thirteen people involved are kidnapped and embark on a desperate journey to survive. The work revolves around who is behind the black hand and who is responsible for the death of "Robin" these two questions unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 6.8%, Adventure 6.7%
- #20 Inner Scales 1:Choice
81% matchVery Positive86% of 986 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Inner Scales 1:Choice》is a first-person FMV. Set in a sealed cage. It pushes survival, humanity, emotion and moral dilemmas to the extreme. You will face surveillance, cages, and the fates of eight trapped women—every choice you make decides life and death for others and yourself.
Why similar: FMV 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Mystery 4.6%
- #21 灯
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polar_Fish
Windows
《Falling Light》is a suspenseful game with Chinese horror. In a remote small village, there stands an evil Buddha statue. To do research for her studies in folkloristics, college student Ruan Qing arrives in this distant village, only to find herself entangled in a series of deadly mysteries...
Why similar: Mystery 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
- #22 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MOROCCO
84% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Outcat Digital
Windows
Explore the ancient and mysterious dreamland of “Once Upon A Time In Morocco”, traveling through the golden sands, discovering their secrets and their ruins, and collecting the Lost Tablets of Self Acceptance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Third Person 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #23 Jeremia: Nightfall
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gameful
Windows
Jeremiah: The Nightfall Our memories are what tell us who we are. But what if, suddenly, you had none? What if you had to emerge from the darkness on your own strength? Will you be ready to face your demons?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Third Person 12.3%, Adventure 8.5%
- #24 欢迎来到林葬屋
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.
Why similar: FMV 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Immersive Sim 5.7%
- #25 Love Love Mystery Club
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 618 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, FMV 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Mystery 7.2%
- #26 Obscure - Challenge Your Mind™
83% matchMixed44% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: RoboDev
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A first-person puzzle-platformer adventure that will take you into the depths of a little boy's imagination and his inner conflicts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Mystery 19.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Casual 5.5%
- #27 知夏
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夏梦工作室
Windows
你将扮演一个被AI淘汰的程序员,回到那个停滞的小县城,与那个等了你十二年的女孩一起去寻找,从所有人记忆里消失的发小和尘封的往事,你们追查的不仅仅是真相,还是被AI一起困住的那个夏天、那座小城、那段永远不会结束的等待。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Mystery 19.4%, Adventure 16.8%
- #28 卡牌游戏
81% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a highest death rate game of survival, combined with masculinity, survival, thriller, suspense reasoning and other elements. There are two main lines you can choose from the story - the male line and the female line. Meanwhile, you can also choose different talents as you like.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Gore 5.9%
- #29 THE VIG
76% matchVery Positive90% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: 亦盈文化
Windows
You'll be "Xie En", infiltrating the traitor's money empire. This urban hunt is a revenge saga where wit is your spear. Return as "Wu Wei," using rules as your shield in a world of grey. Will you choose love or vengeance? This lethal game of cash, betrayal and redemption awaits your move.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, FMV 23.8% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Adventure 10.6%
- #30 ROUGH KUTS: The Thirsty Dead
79% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: ROUGH KUTS
Windows
Interactive Film: THE THIRSTY DEAD
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, FMV 20.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.6%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%
- #31 One Perfect Day
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spacepup Entertainment
Windows
A slow burn thriller about a boy who finds himself reliving a particular day of his life at school. Encompassed in a first person narrative rich puzzle adventure, players help Andy rediscover his past, future and present by solving the mystery that revolves around this one perfect day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Mystery 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Adventure 3.5%
- #32 飞跃旧屋之墙
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeisureTuck
Windows
从《旧屋之墙》到《飞跃旧屋之墙》,本作品讲述了一个有关于“飞跃”的故事。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, VR 9%
- #33 Somewhere in between
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WizArt Entertainment
Windows
A beautiful, 3rd-person narrative driven adventure game. Centered around a boy Milo who lost his dog Buddy . Boy was given an responsibility to take care of Buddy, but Buddy got lost. Embark on an adventure and help Milo overcome anxiety and solve the puzzles to reunite with Buddy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Third Person 14%, Exploration 8.9%
- #34 欢迎回家-Welcome Home
78% match8 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a secret room to escape burning brain puzzle work, which is divided into five chapters, puzzle level interesting design, complicated and confusing story, criticism and comment on the real society, is full of exquisite everywhere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Mystery 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #35 The Last Chance
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: İnfinitek Bilişim
Windows
Journalist David, whose career is not going well, takes on the most dangerous assignment he can after receiving a warning from his editor. As time passes, it becomes clear that what is happening is far from simple.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Immersive Sim 13%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 10%
- #36 Gun Cultivate
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
Gun Cultivate is a FMV game.You act Lin Fan. Game has full motion video storyline and multiple branching choices, every decision changes the plot. Unlock different endings such as defeating demonic cults. You'll adventure and immortal combat, crush traditional cultivators with modern firepower.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, FMV 25.8% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, RPG 7.5%, Simulation 4.9%
- #37 Ghost Tomb
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
Ghost Tomb is a FMV game. You act Zhang Buer, returning to a eerie ancient village and getting trapped in tomb secrets, paranormal events and Taoist conflicts. With real video performance, you make choices at key plot points to diverge the story and unlock multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.8%, FMV 25.9% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, RPG 7.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #38 Six Girls: Choose or Die
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 洄游光影
Windows
In Six Girls: Choose or Die, six fatally seductive women crash into your life. Behind their pulse-pounding charm lies a chilling death trap. Every choice decides your fate—choose wrong and die instantly. Survive the clash of desire and terror!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, FMV 8.8% ★, RPG 7.9%
- #39 悠久教室 - Perpetual Classroom -
73% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: CraftFox Creations
Windows
A horror adventure where you confront supernatural phenomena and unravel mysteries in a school transformed into another world, all to save your childhood friend. Exploration, combat, and psychological terror await you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
- #40 The Last Wish
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WofstudioZPub: Wofstudioz
Windows
Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Third Person 13%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 7.4%
- #41 Look at me
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dream of Guinea Pigs
Windows
"This horror game is inspired by elements of Little Nightmares 2 and SCP. Players must solve puzzles and complete tasks (e.g., entering a password) while being chased by a clown. If you’re looking for a thrill, this game is for you."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.2%, Third Person 20.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 8.9%, 3D 5.4%
- #42 破月执行-The Broken Moon
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
The Broken Moon Execution is a text-based fast-passing supernatural puzzle game. Game play is diverse, players need to explore through the map, collect various clues to solve the mystery, and gradually understand the truth of the collapse of "Samle" ......
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 21%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #43 There Is Nothing There
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Night Pigeon
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Visual Novel 21%, Adventure 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 6.7%
- #44 Jean and Josie
73% matchMixed52% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Jean and Josie is a visual novel about the relationship of a Rabbit and a Kitty.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Immersive Sim 14%, RPG 6.6%
- #45 Emocritical
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hananeko soft
Windows
An urban legend RPG. Play as an international student with 30 days to explore the city, upgrade stats, and bond with friends. When urban myths manifest as monsters, you must confront psychological traumas in looping battles. Gather clues, shatter the illusion of everyday life, and uncover the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, RPG 8%
- #46 BUG
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INT Games Studio
Windows
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Immersive Sim 16.9%, RPG 5.8%, Mystery 5.3%
- #47 IMMORTAL REBELLION: TRIBULATION OF WILL
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 奇点边界工作室
Windows
Reversed Immortal: The Calamity of Sound and Heart A full-motion video xianxia interactive film featuring dual protagonists. Navigate sect conspiracies and moral conflicts as two intertwined souls—make choices that shape their bond and unlock multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #48 Mandate Of Heaven
67% matchVery Positive91% of 6,541 reviews2025
Dev: 木焱工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!
Why similar: FMV 29.7% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Immersive Sim 7.9%, Third Person 6.1%
- #49 ARCHETYPES - The Rite Of Passage
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dominik Saur
Windows
Discover the depth of your personality while journeying along the path of initiation as the young Viking Olaf. Every choice will impact your environment, and contribute to a map of your archetypal psychology. Embrace your inner warrior, lover, chieftain, and druid - and change the world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 6.5%
- #50 你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
71% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 17%, Adventure 7.9%, RPG 7.7%
- #51 女神的贴身男仆
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 733 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
"Service of Five Graces" is a romance FMV. You play as Lin Ye. One day, you wake up to find you've become the personal butler to the five ladies!? To repay your father's debts, you have no choice but to step into this mansion, beginning a strange life of being "ordered around" by five young women.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, FMV 23.7% ★, Visual Novel 19.2%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, RPG 5.3%
- #52 东北往事
66% matchVery Positive84% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: 二狗科技
Windows
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore underworld survival rules with multi-branching narratives, taking you to experience the underworld and get involved in the bloody fate of gang disputes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Visual Novel 13.3%, FMV 12.2% ★, Third Person 9.2%, Adventure 9%
- #53 Lune 13: triskaidekaphobia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saphielle
Windows
Lune's mother left after a stranger called him "Little Bunny," promising to return in 13 minutes. She never came back. Explore a surreal psychological horror world shaped by triskaidekaphobia—the fear of the number 13—and help Lune uncover what happened to his mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.8%, Third Person 18.8%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Gore 8%
- #54 末日航路-The Termination
71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
It's a story of deception and redemption. You receive a mysterious invitation to a seven days doomsday journey. An expectant interstellar journey has become a doomsday route to the end. There is only one word difference between "victim" and "perpetrator".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Adventure 6.4%
- #55 Liminal Dreams
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Return Studios
Windows
The elevator should have taken you home. Instead, it brought you somewhere that shouldn't exist. Explore liminal spaces, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #56 Misty Judgment
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, FMV 22.7% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #57 My Jigsaw Adventures - Forgotten Destiny
69% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: CCS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump into an adventure and travel through fabulous hand-painted jigsaw puzzles! Play the way you want using different number of pieces, shapes and helpers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 9.2%
- #58 The Grim Nightmare of Nibras
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: FreeAnimals_Software
Windows
The Grim Nightmare of Nibras is a story with the search for objects in gloomy locations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Exploration 5.9%
- #59 LIMINAL: Within
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OntologyPlay
Windows
A cinematic horror mystery where investigation, choices, and Exorcism shape the story. Enter a yokai-infested world, reopen a long-closed case, and bring peace to the suffering. Adapted from Hirata’s World in San Tian Liang Jiao’s Thriller Paradise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Immersive Sim 10%, Mystery 8.7%, Strategy 8%
- #60 Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
68% matchVery Positive89% of 726 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 20%, FMV 16.9% ★, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Adventure 9.1%